After a sudden break upof Mystery Inc. the gang had gone about their separate ways for some time. Until one day they're all invited to a mysterious island to once again solve a mystery together.

The film is more of a self-aware parody of the Scooby-Doo franchise than a straight adaptation. It also pushes its PG rating pretty hard (it was originally supposed to be PG-13, and its first cut even received an R rating) with many raunchy jokes and double entendres. It wasn't a critical success, but it grossed almost $300 million at the worldwide box office, and spawned a more family-friendly sequel two years later. It was the last Hanna-Barbera property to be overseen by its two founders, who served as producers. Bill Hanna passed away a year before the film was released.

This show provides examples of:

Accidental Hero: Shaggy and Scooby accidentally cause the other members of Mystery, Inc. to fail to capture the Luna Ghost at the beginning, but manage to get the Ghost captured by accident when they are stuck in a barrel and end up swinging into the Ghost.

Adaptation Expansion: The novelization actually expands a lot of things, adding more dialogue to short scenes - and giving backstories for a lot of moments. It also restores some deleted scenes and treats them as Canon (Daphne finding possessed Velma, Shaggy seeing Daphne getting possessed).

Affectionate Parody: Of the Scooby franchise in general. Originally it was supposed to be a more openly parodic PG-13 movie like The Brady Bunch Movie, but the final version of the film was heavily toned town to become more family-friendly. It still retains a notable parodic edge, to the point where it's more a spoof than a straight-up adaptation.

Shaggy: Oh, Scoob and I don't go near any place with "spooky", "haunted", "forbidden", or "creepy" in the name. Scooby: Or "hydrocolonic". Shaggy: Right, or "hydrocolonic". But that's for a totally different reason, man.

Big Damn Kiss: Fred and Daphne have one at the end. Afterwards, she tells him to cut it out.

Big Eater: Shaggy and Scooby. In fact, this is the sole reason they go to Spooky Island in the first place, because of the all-you-can-eat deal that comes with the invitation. The thought of all-you-can-eat makes Scooby pass out.

Big "NO!": Scrappy when Shaggy uses the pincer to remove the Daemon Ritus from his chest.

Blatant Lies: In fact, Scrappy saying that him urinating on Daphne was an accident.

Blind Without 'Em: Velma, to the point where she tries to strangle Fred thinking he's Daphne, when the latter steals her glasses.

Body Horror: The demons extract a person's soul and then step into the body to possess them.

Breaking the Fellowship: The gang decides to break up Mystery Inc. and go about their own paths early in the movie. They get better.

Brick Joke: While on the island, it's announced there is a phone call for "Mr. Doo". A guy named Melvin Doo asks if it was for him, but it was for Scooby. Later, when it is announced Scooby will be sacrificed, he panicks and says "Me? Don't you mean Melvin Doo?", pointing at the same guy.

Cassandra Truth: Shaggy refuses to believe Scooby saying Mary Jane has been possessed. Scooby manages to say "Told you so!" when she does a Neck Lift on them both in a later scene while still possessed.

Subverted. On the plane to Spooky Island, Fred flicks Scooby on the nose to stop him barking at a cat. It doesn't work. It earns him a punch in the face. Later, in the climax, Scooby attempts to do the same thing to Scrappy. That doesn't work either. Scrappy roars in his face.

Played straight with the disco skull and the Daemon Ritus.

Chekhov's Hobby: Daphne mentions after the gang meet up at the airport that she undertook becoming a blackbelt. This comes in handy during her fight with Zarkos at the end.

Cowardly Lion: Shaggy. Averted at one point, as after Fred and Velma are captured, he suggests leaving them behind. Daphne talks him out of it. Played straight when he releases the souls of the gang back to their bodies, and vows to save Scooby when he learns Scooby is to be sacrificed. With the help of the others, he does. He's also the one to remove the Daemon Ritus from Scrappy's chest.

Deadpan Snarker: Velma. One snark at the beginning leads to Daphne snatching Velma's glasses off her face.

Deconstructive Parody: The film enjoys taking apart the tropes of the Scooby Doo Universe, Daphne getting kidnapped, warning of obviously dangerous and scary locations and examining the roles of the team.

Designated Victim: Deconstructed with Daphne. She is genuinely offended when the gang talk about her always getting kidnapped and uses that as her reason to leave, eventually learning martial arts to overcome this.

Didn't Want an Adventure: Shaggy and Scooby initially refused the invitation to Spooky Island. The only thing that got them to accept it was the all-you-can-eat deal that came with it.

Disneyfication: The novelization does this with a couple of the radar-dodging moments, eliminating Shaggy's line about that naughty French line. Daphne complains about the Luna Ghost groping her in the film, but in the book just complains about his bad breath.

Disproportionate Retribution: Fred flicks Scooby on the nose on the plane to Spooky Island to try and stop him barking at a cat. In retaliation, Scooby punches Fred in the face.

Velma losing her glasses. Daphne does it as a Kick the Dog moment early on, but when she loses her glasses when the creatures attack, it ends up getting her captured.

The fact that Scooby is particularly important (his soul is the purest one to be absorbed through the Daemon Ritus) are hinted at first of all with the whole thing with the hamburgers in the woods before the castle scene and again when Shaggy and Scooby run into the possessed rock band and possessed-Fred goes, "Get the dog."

After The Reveal that Emile Mondavarious is the Big Bad, having brought Scooby to the island, there's several hints in the scene where he talks to Scooby that point to his 'real' identity. First he has a photo of Scooby hanging around, a bobblehead cat, and other small things - pointing to a certain nephew, Scrappy.

"Freaky Friday" Flip: Mystery Inc. minus Scooby after their souls were transferred to different bodies.

The Friend Nobody Likes: Scrappy. When he tried to appoint himself the new leader of the gang in flashback, he said it was either that, or he was not staying. The rest of them unanimously decide to dump him and drive off.

The Friends Who Never Hang: As the film is set-up with an acknowledgement to the animated series, Velma is annoyed at being the odd man out yet again during the obligatory Let's Split Up, Gang (Shaggy & Scooby, Fred & Daphne). Fred volunteers to partner up with her, but as they don't hang, Fred struggles to carry a conversation with her, but she appreciates the effort.

Game Face: The possessed students eyes glow green. When Mary Jane is hit in the face by a branch, it's literally bent out of shape, revealing her as a monster in disguise, though only Scooby notices..

Shaggy mentions that "But you don't need to know what 'Voulez-vous coucher avec moi' means to love that song!" Kinda justified in that it is in a song, but it still means 'Do you want to sleep with me?'. If Shaggy really doesn't know what it means, then it's even more justified, sincehe really doesn't know what he's saying. However, it was removed in the book.

Daphne heavily implies that the Luna Ghost kept trying to grope her. It was altered to bad breath in the book.

Also the scene right after the gang has broken up with Scooby and Shaggy hanging out at a beach, in their van, laughing, whilst smoke comes out of the van's roof. It turns out they're really just making eggplant burgers, but still. The fact that "Pass the Dutchie" plays in the background doesn't help.

When Shaggy finds Fred after the monsters attack, Fred drops the word "biatch". Subtitles render that as "bitch".

And finally, this awkward line, spoken by Fred while in Daphne's body: "Hey... I can look at myself naked!" Immediately afterwards he looks down the front of her shirt and grins. Later, Fred-in-Daphne's-body can be seen in the background, groping her own breasts. Also Shaggy-in-Velma's body can be seen trying to look up her own skirt.

Girly Bruiser: Daphne becomes this, as she's more of a ditzy Valley Girl in this incarnation, and she has undergone Xenafication to become a black belt. She does all her ass kicking in pink and purple outfits.

"Hell, Yes!" Moment: Shaggy when he and Scooby are trapped in a garage and Scooby finds two quad bikes under a sheet.

The Hero / The Lancer: Deconstructed in both cases with Fred and Velma respectively. Velma is the one who figures out most of the mysteries, yet Fred takes credit for all her plans leaving her as just The Smart Guy. Deleted scenes reveal that Fred attempts to promote a book about himself but fails miserably without the rest of the gang, and that Velma ended up in therapy thanks to her treatment from the others.

Shaggy and Scooby are having eggplant burgers for breakfast before they receive the invitation to Spooky Island.

Before the castle scene, Shaggy and Mary Jane are hanging out on the island and Shaggy wins a prize from a crane machine for Mary Jane.

Shaggy and Scooby are seen during the early part of the credits enjoying the all-you-can-eat deal that got them to come out to Spooky Island in the first place.

Heterosexual Life-Partners: A rare man and man's best friend case — Shaggy and Scooby-Doo. They're best friends and always look out for each other, and as such are nearly always seen together. For example, when Scooby falls down the hole during his argument with Shaggy, Shaggy dives down after him to try and find him. He's the first to actively decide to rescue Scooby after it's discovered Scooby's soul is the pure one needed for the demons' ritual. He also tries to attack Mondavarious to stop the actual absorption from happening.

The Man Behind the Man: Scrappy-Doo is the real villain of the film, with Emile just being a very convincing human robot suit he pilots.

Scrappy in the flashback depicting him shows him as an egotistical jerk, which leads to the rest of Mystery, Inc. kicking him out. Velma even calls him an egomaniac.

Fred too to a lesser degree. Daphne calls him egocentric as well when Fred-in-Daphne's body won't stop touching herself.

Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Fred. He is very self-loving and takes credit for Velma's plans, but he's still a good guy despite that and still cares for the other members of Mystery Inc., as can be seen several times.

Kick the Dog: Daphne pulls Velma's glasses off her face for making fun of the fact that Daphne gets captured a lot, mocking her by saying "Who's helpless now?"

Let's Split Up, Gang: The team decides to go off on their own for a while to investigate different aspects of their new mystery.

The Load: Mostly averted with Shaggy, who sees himself as this and early on he calls himself "the dude that carries the bags". He still is very capable of helping the others out, and in fact, some parts of the film couldn't occur without his help, as he is the only member of the gang not to get captured by the creatures, and so he is able to release the souls of the others back to their bodies when they get captured.

Logo Joke: A Bite is taken out of the Warner Bros. shield, although you don't see him, Scooby's laugh is heard. Then the logo disappears and Scooby's dog tag reading "SD" appears, underneath it says 'A Mystery Inc. Company".

Magic Skirt: Linda Cardellini had her skirt taped to her legs so it wouldn't flip over in the scene where she (as Velma) dangles upside down by one foot in a scaffold chain. This was Warner Bros.' edict to help preserve the "family film" integrity.

Master Actor: It's revealed that Emile Mondavarious is really Scrappy-Doo, who pulls off a very convincing gentlemanly human businessman.

Daphne walks around dressed in plenty of flattering dresses. And Velma finds herself in some revealing beach party gear. There's also a cameo from Pamela Anderson in a sheer white tank top. Mary Jane also wears some very figure-flattering clothes.

An infamous deleted scene has Daphne walking in on a possessed Velma dancing around in a locker room wearing nothing but a tiny red bikini, along with several other scantily-clad girls.

Mugged for Disguise: After Shaggy swings into a henchman near the end, he disguises himself by wearing the henchman's clothes over his own. He ditches the disguise when he goes to attack Mondavarious.

The Napoleon: A flashback to the "good old days" shows Scrappy attempting to usurp leadership of the gang from Fred, saying he "doesn't have the scrote for the job!" before unceremoniously being given the boot.

Neck Lift: Possessed Mary Jane does this to Shaggy and Scooby near the end.

Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!: Emile Mondavarious/Scrappy-Doo invited the entire gang of Mystery Inc. to the island when the members had already broken up and went their separate ways previously. This subsequently ends up with all five members meeting each other again, with the Scooby Gang rekindling its relationship, and all five members reverting back to cooperating and acting as a team again. Due to the Big Badsending invitations to all five members in the first place.

Daphne in the castle just before a ride wagon slams into her soon after the power is turned on. Fred and Velma get one too at the same time when the suits of armor either side of them swing pikes at them and another wagon comes up from behind. Also at the same time, Shaggy and Scooby when they get tied up and held against the wall.

Paper-Thin Disguise: Big dogs aren't allowed on the plane so Shaggy dresses Scooby up in a dress, big hat and sunglasses as "Grandma". Velma and Daphne say that no one will fall for it... and then Fred does. The novelization (written from Velma's point of view) says that the disguise fooled everyone on the plane.

Perspective Flip: The novelization, which tells each chapter from a different character's point of view. For example, Velma's POV covers the opening break-up and the next chapter is from Shaggy's.

Right Behind Me: The Luna Ghost behind Shaggy as he's trying to explain there's no such thing as monsters. Happens again later on as he and Scooby are having a farting contest. He doesn't notice that Daphne is right behind him.

The Scrappy: In-Universe. The trope namer himself appears in a flashback showing how he was kicked off the team, though he's portrayed as a massively egotistical jerk instead of merely being overconfident. He's also the main villain of the movie, acting out of a desire for vengeance over being kicked off the team.

Shaggy does this to Scrappy when he threatens to kill the other members of Mystery Inc., by tapping him with the pincer and using it to remove the Daemon Ritus from his chest, turning him back into a puppy.

Non-verbal example soon after the above example. Scrappy says he can still take them and demands Scooby to put 'em up. Scooby simply punches him away into a wall.

Sleeves Are for Wimps: Daphne swaps out her traditional long-sleeved outfit for dresses that have no sleeves. But then again in the final scene where she does the most ass-kicking, she's wearing a bodysuit with sleeves.

Took a Level in Jerkass: Almost everyone compared to the original series, except for Shaggy and Scooby. Fred is the most glaring example, frequently taking credit for the plans Velma came up with. And of course, Scrappy becomes egotistical on top of his overconfidence, even before he seeks his revenge on the gang.

Totally Radical: The creatures have learned to imitate human speech - using this as an example. So it's easy to spot who's been possessed and who hasn't.

Tree Buchet: A monster that tries to capture Scooby in the woods ends up being flung away in this manner.

Urine Trouble: In a flashback Scrappy pees on Daphne, which - in addition to his massive ego - is what got him kicked off the team.

Valley Girl: Daphne talks like this at the beginning but has dropped it when the gang reunite.

Villains Out Shopping: After the castle scene, N'Goo Tuana is seen playing the piano. He's pretty good at it, considering the applause he gets afterwards.

Possessed characters are seen in a pool, playing with a beach ball and generally just chilling and listening to Sugar Ray perform, who are also possessed, before turning on Shaggy and Scooby.

Vocal Dissonance: When Mary Jane says "No, Shaggy" when Shaggy tells her he has to rescue Scooby, she mysteriously sounds like a man. Justified because she was possessed at the time.

Who Would Want to Watch Us?: Shaggy mentions how creepy castles always have paintings with eyes that watch you and suits of armor that have guys in it who follow you but stop every time you turn around. Daphne has to ask how many times has it actually happened. According to Shaggy, the answer is 12.

You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!: The hilarious expression of a boy in an orange jumper at the airport seeing Scooby poorly disguised as a woman. Velma states the trope almost word-for-word immediately afterwards.

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